Ultra Liquor’s wine buyer Mark Norrish is a player of note: he plays a mean game of boulle; he plays skilled negotiator and he plays the stock markets – he is often ahead of the curve.

So the wine trade cops a fair amount of flack for being snobbish, exclusive and convoluted.

A legion of wine writers are perplexed, a world of consumers are pleased and perplexed (sorry dads this is not about your daughter’s first date).

It seems an end is in site for South Africa’s other big virus problem.

Pat yourself on the back if you guessed more than 2 of them AND mixed news for chocolate lovers – it has to be dark.

If ever you doubted pork being fashionable consider that Miss Piggy is to play the role of a French Vogue editor in the next Muppet movie ‘The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time’.

The UK’s Cumbria!? Chilli farmer Gerald Fowler crossed three of the hottest varieties to scorch the Scoville scale.

So you don’t like NASA superfood-endorsed raw Brocolli – nor coffee, dark choclate, or grapefruit juice?